ERA NOTTE A ROMA

Year: 1960

Production Country: France / Italy

Directed by Roberto Rossellini
Featuring Leo Genn / Giovanna Ralli / Sergei Bondarchuk

Story of a young Italian girl during the last months of WWII, who saves the lives of three escaped Allied prisoners.

Cast & credits

Cast

Major Michael Pemberton Leo Genn
Esperia Belli Giovanna Ralli
Sergeant Fyodor Nazukov Sergei Bondarchuk
Lieutenant Peter Bradley Peter Baldwin
Renato Balducci Renato Salvatori
Dr Costanzi Enrico Maria Salerno
Don Valerio Sergio Fantoni
Prince Alessandro Antoniani Paolo Stoppa
Colonel Baron von Kleist Hannes Messemer
Tarcisio, the hunchback George Petrarca
Esperia's friend, a fake nun Laura Betti
peasant Giulio Calì
professor's daughter Rosalba Neri
professor Carlo Reali
doorkeeper Leopoldo Valentini
young Prince Augusto Antoniani Franco Rossellini
. Roberto Palombi

Credits

Direction

Director Roberto Rossellini
Assistant Director Renzo Rossellini
Assistant Director Franco Rossellini
Continuity Anna Maria Montanari

Production

Production Company International Golden Star
Production Company Film Dismage
Executive Producer Franco Magli
Producer Giovanni Battista Romanengo
Production Manager Oscar Brazzi
Assistant Production Manager Alfred Veloccia
Assistant Production Manager Ferdinando Alivernini

Writing

Screenplay Sergio Amidei
Screenplay Roberto Rossellini
Screenplay Diego Fabbri
Screenplay Brunello Rondi
English Dialogue Mario Del Pala
From a story by Sergio Amidei

Photography

Director of Photography Carlo Carlini
Camera Operator Luigi Filippo Carta
Camera Operator Ruggero Radicchi
Camera Operator Sante Achilli

Editing

Editor Roberto Cinquini

Design

Art Director Flavio Mogherini
Set Decorator Mario Rappini

Costumes

Costumes Elio Costanzi
Costume Assistant Marcella De Marchis

Make-up

Make-up Eligio Trani
Make-up Emilio Trani
Hair Gustavo Sisi

Music

Music Renzo Rossellini
Orchestrations Edoardo Micucci

Sound

Sound Supervisor Fiorenzo Magli
Sound Recording Fiorenzo Magli
Sound Recording Oscar Di Santo
Sound Effects Philippe Arthuys

Publicity

Chief Press Officer Nella Garozzo

See also

The Great Escape

A true-life WWII POW story gets all-star Hollywood treatment, topped by Steve McQueen’s iconic (and fictional) motorbike ride towards freedom.

Von Ryan's Express

Film about a World War II prison camp in Italy. An American colonel and British prisoners escape and take over a train and escape to Switzerland in spite of losses.

During the Second World War, a group of allied prisoners are forced to play the German All-Star soccer team in a life-and-death match staged by the Nazi propaganda machine.

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